October Skylights
Image Credit & Copyright: Malcolm Park

Explanation: As northern hemisphere nights grow longer, October is a good month for spotting auroras, or even other eerie apparitions after dark. And this week the night sky did not disappoint. On October 24th a solar coronal mass ejection impacted planet Earth's magnetosphere triggering far ranging auroral displays. On that night, this dramatic silhouette against deep red and beautiful green curtains of shimmering light was captured near Whitby, Ontario, Canada. But auroras were reported even farther south, in US states like Alabama, Kansas, and Oklahoma at latitudes rarely haunted by the northern lights. Well above 100 kilometers, at the highest altitudes infused by the auroral glow, the red color comes from the excitation of oxygen atoms.

Didn't get to MA ({middle Alabama; lol} or I didn't notice anything special then) Rod. Oh well. Would love the see this phenomenon for myself one day.

I'm in Indy I didn't see squat of the northern lights. The guard and I went up to the 12th floor (top floor of the building) to get above the light pollution and this was around 8-8:30pm. Zero!

I'm with Lyle .. it's something you always see on the Nat Channel or Discovery and want to witnesses it first hand.

I live near the great lakes...didn't notice a thing, darn it. Molly, perhaps you saw something up there?

No I didn't 2-ton. I go to bed too early.

We never get to see such things in my part of the world, just a few meteor showers on occasion.

I would love to take a trip to Alaska (in the summer) for a chance to see the Northern Lights.

My neighbors next door went to Iceland last year to see them around Christmas time.

I just thought it was a cool looking Halloween image.Looks kind of spooky.
Something i have never seen either though i would love to.

I got lucky enough to catch these, sent a blast out to DA about them and a few others got to experience this as well.

Your pic Rod is much better than mine xD

would be nice to see your pics, too, Willy

This is pretty cool, and I missed it lol

But my pics are grainy Red Lights in the sky xD

Would be interesting to see what you saw, since I saw nothing and I am only a couple miles from the Michigan line!